The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday, admitted that it had few errors which impacted negatively on the performance of candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Recall that following the release of the UTME results, there were complaints of widespread failure from most of the candidates who sat for the examination.
The development had compelled JAMB to engage IT experts to investigate what went wrong.
The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede admitted to this, saying,“What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede said.
Recall also that of the 1.9 million candidates who took the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks, raising concerns across the education sector.
JAMB had also withheld over 38,000 candidates results for alleged cases of malpractice.
Beyond this, a total of 1,955,069 results were processed, out of which only 4,756 candidates (0.24 per cent) scored 320 and above, considered top-tier performance, while 7,658 candidates (0.39 per cent) scored between 300 and 319, bringing the total for those who scored 300 and above to 12,414 candidates (0.63 per cent).
Also, 73,441 candidates (3.76 per cent) scored between 250 and 299 while 334,560 candidates (17.11 per cent) scored between 200 and 249.
A total of 983,187 candidates (50.29 per cent) scored between 160 and 199, which is widely regarded as the minimum threshold for admissions in many institutions.
In the same vein, 488,197 candidates (24.97 per cent) scored between 140 and 159, 57,419 candidates (2.94 per cent) scored between 120 and 139, 3,820 candidates (0.20 per cent) scored between 100 and 119, and 2,031 candidates (0.10 per cent) scored below 100.
Over 75 per cent of all candidates (1.5 million) scored below 200, average score seeing as the examination is graded over 400.
A candidate was alleged to have committed suicide over poor performance in the recent UTME, while others had threatened to sue JAMB.
